Drag-out for hotbeds.



R, H. STEVENS. DRAG-OUT FOR HOTBEDS.

AP'PLIUATIDN FILED MAB..27. 1908.

959,81 3. K Patented May 31, 1910'.

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v DRAG-OUT POE HOTBEDS.

APPLIGATIIPN FILED MAB..2'I,190B. 959,813, Patented May31, 1910.

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DRAG-OUT FOR HOTBEDS.

' I APPLIUATION IILBD MAB.27, 1908. 959,81 3, Patented May 31,1910.

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- wm' o I rea/mau hw M u T RICHARD H. STEVENS, 0F MUNHALL, PENNSYLVANIA.

DRAG-OUT FOB HOTBEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 1910.

Application filed March 27, 1908. Serial No. 423,787.

[o altwhom it may concern:

Be it known that L'lhcnAnn H. S'rnvENs, of Munhall, Allegheny county, Pennsyl Vania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Drag-Outs for Hotbeds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description reterenee being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation partly broken away showing the hot bed equipped with apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 9. is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation on a larger scale of the receiving end of the hot bed showing the ditierent positions assumed by the drag out on the hot bed in turning materials while moving across the top of the hot bed; Fig. i is a detail side elevation of the drag out of my invention howing the swing arm thrown into its inoperative position; Fig. 5

is a detail side elevation of the drag out showing the pivoted dog and swinging arm in their extreme upper and lower positions relative to the top of the hot bed; Fig. 0 is a plan and Fig. 7 a rear end elevation ofthe apparatus shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of one ofthe guide. rails employed for turning the work.

My invention relates to mechanism employcd in shifting rolled metal shapes laterally from the delivery table across the skids forming the hot bed or similar place of storage and it more particularly relates to apparatus for transferring rolled metal shapes having one trai'isverse dimension "greater than the other, such as l-beams and channels.

Hereto'fore with such devices, the beams 01 other materials have been shifted laterally from the roller delivery table and have been moved across the skids of the hot bed 4 without turning such shapes, in which case,

.the center line through the web and flanges of the shape is 111 a horizontal plane. In other cases the beamsare delivered length- \vise from the rolls of a rolling mill or other source or supply onto the.- delivery-roller table until opposite the hot bed, when they are first. turned until theeenter line through the web and flanges of the shape is in a. vertical plane. 1 The shapes are then shifted aterally eross the top of the skidsfor ning the hot bed in the usual manner, by means of the transfer mechanism. In such cases, either the shapes are not turned or they are turned by a separate operation, the moving of the materials laterally on the skids being interrupted or suspended until the turning operation has been completed.

The object of my invention is to provide in proved mechanism for transferring rolled metal shapes from the rollers of the delivery table to the skids of the hot bed and for storing such materials in such manner as will very greatly increase the capacity of the hot bed.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved means by which the shapes are antomatieally turned .without interruption of the shifting operation and to provide apparatus which when desired, can easily and quickly be changed so as to trans fer materials from the roller table across the' hot bed without turning the materials.

The invention consists in an improved drag-(nit having means for shifting rolled metal shapes from the roller delivery table across the skids of the hot bed and for automatically turning such shapes so as to de liver the shapes to any point in the width of the hot bed with the center lineof the shape at rightangles to that in which it is de livered in front of the hot bed by the delivery roller table.

In the drawings 2 represents the feed roll.- ers of a delivery roller table on which the materials being handled are delivered from the rolls of the rolling mill, and tithe skids forming; in thiscasethe hotbed to which the materials are trans: :rred sidcwise from the rollers 2. As shown, the rollers 2 are located at a higher elevation than the horizontal portion of the hot bed, the ends 3 of the skids lacing inclined upwardly to the elevation of the top of the rollers 2. Rollers l on the opposite side oftho hot bed are provided for the purpose of tnmsterring materials lengtlr wise from the hot bed. The feed rollers 2 are driven by means of spur gearing inthe usual manner.

Located at. suitable inter ails in the length of the hot bed below the level of the skids 3 are horizontally extending track rails or ways 5 on which the drag-outs are mounted and they are -(-onueeted by flexible connections t: with the winding drums 7 and tighteningpulleys 8 located at opposite sides of the hot bed. The winding drums are conwith any suitablet ype of driving motor,

- 'lhe carriers 9 forming part of the drag-out connections t; with tilting dog .12.

mechanisi'n are provided with shoes 10 which are mounted on the track rails 5 located below the skids of the hot bed. frame 11 is'lnovably mounted in the carrier J and its frame is connected by the flexible the winding drum 7 by which the drag-outs are caused'to move back and forth across the width of the hot bed. livotally mounted on the arrier t) is a The frame l l is provided with theprojectiolf 13 which engages with thedog 12 to depress the dog and bring its upper end below the level of the top of the skids}. Also pivotally nounted on the carrier t) is a swinging arm 14 having a projecting-lug or foot 15 on 'its lower end. The lower cnd'of the arm is also provided A shiftingv with anti friction rollers 16 whichtravel upon inclined track rails or waysl'? located at the receiving endof the .hot bed above the skids of the hot bed.

that the carrier rest upon the flange The rope driving wheel' carrier track rails 5. The arm 14 is arranged to be'swungback so as to be out of engagement with'the materials while they are being transierii'ed across the hot bed, when such materials do not require turning from the position in which they are delivered on the roller delivery table, the arm in this. position being-shown in Fig. 4.

In the operation of 'my improved appara' tus, the beams'or channels are deli'vered lengthwise on the rollers 2 of thefdelivery table until they are opposite the hot bed. 7 is then actuated and throu h the endless rope (i the carrier 9 is move across the width of the hot bed. As the tension is put upon the rope 6, the frame Y11 and the projection 13 are shifted on the carrier .9 so as to permit the dog 12 to assume. its vertical position as shown by full linesin Fig. 5. As the carrier is moved, the .dog' 12 contacts with and moves the shape on the-rollers of {the delivery table,

across the width of the rollers, and on to the As he shape'isnioved forward it slides downwardly on the inclined portion 3 of the skids 3 until ,its weight rests uponthe swinging arm H and projectin'g foot 15 on the drag-out. It will be seen .9 travels in a horizontal plane at all times while the arm 14 is tilted y means of the inclined track rails 17 on which the rollers 16 on the lower end of these arms travel. As the carrier 9 is moved forwardlyl the arm 1%; is gradually from the substantial horizontal I po I until it is i'na vertical position, this aet'on causin the beams which have beenresting upon die flange edges (f the hot bed. When-the-earrier 9 reaches the horizontal portion has been turned through an angle of 90 the; roller table to the skids forming of the, skids, the beam' degrees, and it is then pushed forwardly on the skids until it is in the desired Location onthe hot bed. The carrier 9 is then retractcd by reversing the direction of rotation of the rope driving drum 7. When the movement of the carrier is I'OYCI'SOtl, the sliding frame 1.1 is shifted relatively to the carrier in which it ismounted and the projection 13 on the upper end of the carrier engages with the lower depending end of the dog 12 and depresses the top of the. dog until it is below the level of the top of the skids 3 on the hot bed as is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5. The carrier 2) is moved across the width of the hot bed, until it is again in position to engage with another beam, which in the meantime has been delivered into position opposite the hot bed on the rollers 2 of the delivery table, above described operation is again repeated.

\Vhen transferring materials, such as angles or other shapes which do not require turning, the arm 14 is turned back into the positionsho'wn in Fig. 4, so as to place it in its inoperative position. The pivoted dog 1 in this case operating as beforeto. transfer the materials from the roller table and across the top ofthe hot bed.

The advantages of my invention will be apparent to those'skilled ,in the art. The materials are removed from the roller delivery table to the hot bed and when desired,

are automatically turned so as to bring their smallest v dimension in a horizontal plane, in this way reducing the space occupie by the shape on the hot bed and very largely "increasing its capacity. Instead of performingthe turning operation separately from the shifting operation, the materials are antomatically turned while being transferred laterally without interruption of the shifting operation, in this way reducing the time necessary to transfer the materials to the hot bed. By means of the shifting frame on the carrier, the tiltin r dog is depressed so as to be below the 'leve' of the top of the skids when the carrier is being returned into position to again engage with another shape, and in this way the material is not brought forcibly into contact. with the comparatively thinedges of the flanges of the shapes, damage to the shapes from such contact is avoided.

The apparatus is simple and easily kept in repair.

Variations in the arrangement and condepp ting from my invention.

' r' rri' combination with a hotbed, of afl 1'25 -dragoi1t comprising a carrier having an element inounted thereon arranged to engage with and'inove a work piece transversely of the hot-bed, connections arranged to move the carrier. across the hot-bed, a

when the parts 'iiiay be made: without and turning device mounted on said carrier and adapted to turn materials being transferred on the bobbed, and means on the hot-bed engaging with and operating said turning evice so to turn the work as it moves across the hot-bed, substantially as described.

2. The combination With a hot-bed, of a drag-out comprising a carrier having an element mounted thereon and arranged to engage with and move a work piece trans-- versely over the hot-bed when the carrier is actuated, connections arranged to move the carrier across the hot bed, a turnii'ig device pivotally mounted on the carrier and adapted to engage with and turn the Work piece being transferred across the l'iot-bed, and means on'the hotbed-engaging with and operating said turning device so as to turn the work as it moves across the hot-bed, substantially as described.

3. The combinationwith a hot-bed, of a transferring and turning mechanism cooperatingtherewith comprising an element arranged toengage with and move or transfer'a work piece transversely of the bed,

connections for moving the same, an olementfor turning the work. piece during its transfer, and means cotiperating with means on the hot-bed and said turning element constructed and arranged to operate said turning clement-when the transferring element moves along the bed, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a hot bed, of a drag-out comprising a movable carrier, con' nections arranged to move the carrier transversely across the width of the hot bed, a turning arm pivotally mounted on said ear rier and arranged to turn the-materials on the hot bed during the movement of the carrier across the width of the hot bed, and

means on the hot bed arranged to actuate said turning arm; substantially as described.

5. The. combination with a hot bed, of. a drag-outcomprising a movable carrier arranged to transfer materials across the bed and having connections arranged to move the same, an arm mounted on said carrier arranged to turn the materials, and means located .on'the hot bed arranged to swing said arm when said carrier is being moved in a forward direction; substantially as deseribed.

6. The combinatioi'i with a hotbed, of the combination of a transverse supporting member, a transverse track member, a mov able ca'rriercarried by the track member,

said cairier having an arm mounted thereon extending above the transverse supporting member and adapted upon movement of the carrier to transfer materials from one portion of thesupportmg means to another -t-1on of the. same,

porand mechanism connected to the supporting means constructed and ar-- ranged to codperate with the arm n such amanner to swing the same and thereby turn the materials during the time of transfer; substantially as described.

7. The combination with a hot bed, of a drag-out comprising a movable carrier having connections arranged to move the carrier across the hot bed, an arm pivotallv ing connections arranged to shift said car-.

rier across the Width of the hot bed, a swinging arm arranged to turn materials on the hot bed the carrier transfers the same and when the arm is actuated, and means on the hot bed supporting the swinging end of said arm arranged to actuate the arm when said carrier is moved across the hot bed; substantially as described.

9. The combination with a hot-bed, of a drag-out comprising a. movable carrier, a swinging arm on said carrier adapted to turn materials and at the same time cause them to .move transversel; over the hot-bed, and a support located on said hot-bed'for the swinging end of said arm as the carrier is moved, substantially as described.

1.0. The combination with a hot bed, of a drag-out comprising a carrier, means for moving said carrier-transversely across the hot bed, a tilting arm on said carrier arranged to engage with materials being moved across the hot bed, and means on the hot bed contacting With the free end of said arm and arranged to control the tilting of said. arm as said carrier is moved across the hotbed; substantially as described.

11. The combination with a hotbed, of a drag-out comprising a carrier, means for moving the carrier across the Width of the hot bed, a swinging arm on said carrier arranged to turn material in transit o-ver the hot bed, and means on the hot bed contacting with the free end of the swinging arm and arranged to tilt said arm at the beginning of the forward movement of said. carrier across the hot bed; substantially as described.

12. The combination with'a hot bed, of a drag-out comprising a carrier movable across the width of the hotbed, having connections arranged to ,move the carrier, a turning member moi'intetl on the carrier arranged to axially rotate materials simu1-' the carrier taneously with the movement of across the Width of the hotbed, and means on. the hotbed arranged. to actuate said member as the carrier is moved; substantially as described.

13.' The combination with a hot bed, of a drag out comprising a earner, means for scribed.

movin the carrier across the width of the hot be a swinging arm pivotally mounted on, said 'carrier and means on the hot bed contacting .with the free end'ot the swinging arm andi arranged to control the swinging movement ,of the arm during the movement of said carrier; substantially as described.

14:. A hot-bed, including work-supportin rails, a carrier working in the direction 0 the railsand adapted tov move-work along the rails, a work-turning deviccnpon the carrier, and means to operate the work-turning device, said work-turning device mounted so as to be moved to an inoperative position when not required for turning the work. 15. A hot-bed, including work-supporting rails, a carrier working in the direct on of the rails and having means to engagevand push work along and upon the rails, a worki turning device upon the carrier adapted to support work independentof the rails, and means to o erate said work-turning device and turn the work preparatory to discharg upon the hot boil, said'workto lamoved to an (levice monnlo'l i l l substantially as l turni n g lnoperatlve IJOSliLlOIL 16. A hot bed having an upper portion, a i lower portion, and a portion extending between the upper and lower portions of the bed, a carrier working back and forthalong the hotbed, and an element pivoted upon the carrier at a point between the upper and lower portions of the hotbed to engage work on the hot bed and turn the same, said element being mountedso as to be moved beneath the top of the upper portion of the hot bed to pass beneath work thereon when the carrier is beingmoved to said portion of the hot'bed, substantially as described. 17. The combination of a feed table, a hot bed having an upper portion adjacent-and at the level of the feed table, a lower per tion below the level of the feed table, a guide portion inclined downwardly fromtheupper portion to the lower portion, a carrier working back and forth across the feed table and the several portions of the hot bed, and an element upon'the carrier to engage and move work from the table and along the several portions of the hot bed, said element being pivoted to the carrier at a point below the topof-the feed table and above the lower portion of the hot bed and capable of being moved'beneath work on the food table when the carrier is moved back to the feed table, substantially as de scribed.

, In testimony whereof, I have her cantoset my hand.

RTGHARD H. STEVENS.

W'itncsses GEO. B. BLEMING, R. D. IJITJLE. 

